#CD9EE8#CD9EE8

#CD9EE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.114 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9EE8
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 232)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(278, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 31.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 30.70, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 43.39, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% 0.0777 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.114 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.9668, 43.2598, 81.9407)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9EE8 #B9E89E

analogous

#A89EE8 #CD9EE8 #E89EDE

triadic

#CD9EE8 #E8CD9E #9EE8CD

tetradic

#CD9EE8 #E8A89E #B9E89E #9EDEE8

square

#CD9EE8 #E8A89E #B9E89E #9EDEE8

split-complementary

#CD9EE8 #DEE89E #9EE8A8

monochromatic

#9A3BD1 #B46DDC #CD9EE8 #E7CFF4 #F2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CD9EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CD9EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9EE8

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9EE8	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ADEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.114 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbbef',
    500: '#cd9ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ee8;
$custom-light: #ddbbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76844,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9EE8

secondary

#E3F1DA

accent

#C91C5B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9EE8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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